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CLEMSON – Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney’s verbal outburst on punter Andy Teasdall after a failed fake punt attempt in last week’s Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game drew the ire of some observers, but was not deemed offensive enough to draw a reprimand from Athletic Director Dan Radakovich.

Swinney didn’t call for a fake punt on the play late in the second quarter, saying that Teasdall “went rogue” and attempted to gain the necessary yardage himself on a 4th-and-15 play at the Tigers’ 30-yard line.

Teasdall, a freshman walk-on who was awarded a scholarship prior to this season, gained just four yards on the play and North Carolina scored five plays later to take a 16-14 lead in a game that Clemson eventually won, 45-37, at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium.

Joe Galbraith, Clemson’s Athletic Department spokesperson, said that Radakovich “discussed it with Coach Swinney and considers the matter closed.”

Swinney, who was named The Home Depot Coach of the Year on Wednesday, has guided the Tigers to a 13-0 record, No. 1 ranking and berth in the College Football Playoff this season.

“My punter – I don’t have an explanation – just decided to do something on his own and put us in a bad spot and it cost us a touchdown,” Swinney said. “I don’t have an answer for it; he doesn’t, either.

“We had a little, ‘I love you,’ and ‘I love you back,’ session. He got dialed back in. But there was no fake punt. Holy cow. It was just a young man making a really bad play. That’s all I can say.”

Teasdall didn’t appear to be fazed by Swinney’s verbal discipline; his lone punt in the second half traveled 50 yards – his fourth-longest punt of the season.